Anvil and swage.



K. D. TIDWELL.

ANVIL AND SWAGE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-30. 1915.

1,160,467, Patented Nov. 16, 1915. J n F 0 Attorneys COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPI uJ/ASHINGTQN, D. c.

KING D. TIDWELL, OF HAL'EYVILLE, ALABAMA.

ANVIL AND SWAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

Application filed January 30, 1915. Serial No.5,272.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KING D. TIDWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Haleyville, in the county of Winston and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Anvil and Swage, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to an anvil and swage, and aims to provide a device of that character having unique portions thereon whereby horse shoes, wagon and buggy irons, plow parts and other articles may be swaged, hammered or otherwise shaped.

It is also within the scope of the invention to provide an anvil and swage adapted for general use by the blacksmith or other artisan, and which is simple in construction and convenient, practical and efficient in use'for the intended purposes.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved anvil and swage. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 3 is an end view of the device.

The present device is in the form of a block or casting of iron or other suitable material, and embodies a frusto-pyramidal base 1 having corner apertures 1 for securing the base upon the floor or other support by means of nails, spikes or other securing elements. An inverted frusto-pyramidal head 2 is carried by the base 1 and is elongated or approximately rectangular in plan.

One end of the head or body 2 of the device is provided with a reduced horn 3, which is narrower than the head or body 2, to provide a recess'5 between one side of the horn 3 and the adjacent end of the body 2. The horn 3 may be of any suitable length, and is adapted for working horseshoes and similar articles thereon, to the shape and size desired.

The structure is provided with means be tween one side of the horn 3 and the adjacent end of the body 2, or within the angle or recess 5 for bending or shaping bars or vehicle irons, so as to provide offsets, bends, corners, and the like, therein. To this end, the corresponding side of the horn 3 is provided with a horizontal upwardly facing ledge or shoulder 6 between the top and bottom of the horn 3 and extending away from the adjacent end of the body 2. The ledge or shoulder 6 decreases in width from the adjacent end of the body 2 toward the free end of the horn 8, whereby olfsets of various sizes may be formed in bars, rods and the like, by hammering them over and into the corners formed by the ledge or shoulder 6 at various distances along the length of the shoulder or ledge. The angles defined by the ledge 6 also permit various vehicle irons to be provided with the desired bends or angles, as will be obvious to those versed in the art.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. An anvil and swage comprising a body having a horn projecting from one end thereof, there being a recess between one side of the horn and the said end of the body, and the said side of the horn having a ledge.

2. An anvil and swage comprising a bod having a horn projecting from one end thereof, there being a recess between one side of the horn and the said end of the body, the said side of the hornhaving a ledge, the ledge decreasing in width from the said end of the body.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aifixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

KING D. TIDWELL.

Witnesses:

W. V. MAYHALL, J. A. STAGNER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

